Today we’ll be taking a look at Megami’s January 2017 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the fall 2017 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 18 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.
This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK), more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post. View our posts of older issues here.
Anitore! XX
BanG Dream!
Bubuki Buranki
Danmachi
Flip Flappers
Girlish Number
Girls und Panzer
Hibike! Euphonium
Long Riders!
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Magic of Stella
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
Soushin Shoujo Matoi
Strike the Blood
Sword Art Online
Yuyyushiki
Getsuyoubi no Tawawa
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.
My favorite posters from this months issue would have to be Danmachi, Strike the Blood and Sword Art Online.
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The DanMachi OVA will be coming out on Blu-ray and DVD on December 7th. The OVA will also be bundled with the anime’s Blu-ray boxset, which will also release on the same day.
Here is the commercial for the OVA:
Anime visual:
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka?, also known as DanMachi for short, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published six volumes since January 2013 under their GA Bunko imprint. It has received a spin-off light novel series and three manga adaptations. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff is scheduled to air from April 2015.
Commonly known as the “Dungeon,” the city of Orario possesses a huge labyrinth in the underground. Its strange name attracts excitement, illusions of honor, and hopes of romance with a pretty girl. In this city of dreams and desires, new adventurer Bell Cranel has his fateful encounter with the tiny Goddess Hestia.
Thus begins the story of a boy striving to become the best adventurer and a lonely goddess searching for followers both hoping to reach their goals and perhaps have some romance in the side.
Possibly the hottest anime this season, Yuri!! on Ice, is getting its very own line of fragrances thanks to the Japanese hygiene company, COZY WAVE.The products will include original fabric sprays featuring the characters Yuri, Victor, and Yuri (top), as well as special Yuri!! on Ice body washes, also featuring the three main characters. The fabric sprays and the body washes all come in 100mL bottles.
There is also the official Yuri!! on Ice hand cream (20g), which features a Russian sweater pattern.
All items cost 900 yen (approximately 7.94 USD) each and are now available via Mail Order via COZY WAVE’s official online shop.
In the fight against STDs and STIs the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has teamed up with Sailor Moon. This partnership has resulted in an official campaign which includes the distribution of Sailor Moon-themed condoms.
The campaign’s mission is to spread awareness for sexually-transmitted diseases like HIV and syphilis through the distribution of 5,000 posters and 156,000 leaflets across 142 local government agencies and groups across the country. Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon’s very own creator, is cooperating with the campaign personally.
The Sailor Moon-themed condom packs that feature Sailor Moon and Luna will be distributed. About 60,000 of these packs will be distributed across Japan in the effort to help stop the spread of STIs.
The latest issue of Shueisha’s Jump SQ.Crown maganze has announced that Yasuhiro Nightow’s Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront) manga will be getting a second season of the anime adpatation, titled Kekkai Sensen & Beyond. The new season will be airing in 2017.
The main cast of the first season will return and includes:
Rikiya Koyama (Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/ZeroandFate/stay night) is voicing the role of Klaus von Reinhertz
Daisuke Sakaguchi (Shinpachi Shimura in Gintama) as Leonard Watch
Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro from One Piece) will voice Zapp Renfro
Yuu Kobayashi (Sasha Blouse from Attack on Titan) is voicing Chain Sumeragi
Mitsuru Miyamoto (Maiza Avaro in Baccano!) voices Stephen A. Starphase
Ai Orikasa (Ryouko Hakubi in Shin Tenchi Muyo!) voicing as K. K.
Shinji Ogawa (Franz von Stresemann from Nodame Cantabile) as Gilbert F. Altstein
The majority of the staff also returns for the second season, however a new director will be leading the series:
Director: Shigehito Takayanagi (Tokyo ESP, The World God Only Knows)
Script Writer: Kazunao Furuya (Debut role)
Anime Character Designer: Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop, Gosick)
Art Director: Shinji Kimura (Ao no Exorcist Movie, Steamboy)
Animation Studio: Studio BONES (Hitsugi no Chaika, Captain Earth)
Anime visual:
Kekkai Sensen is a Japanese shounen manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. It has published bimonthly in the magazine Jump SQ.19 ever since 2009 and moved to Jump Square upon the former’s ending. It follows a young photographer named Leonardo Watch who obtained the All Seeing Eyes at the cost of his sister’s eyesight. He moves to the city of Hellsalem’s Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They’ve lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.
During the 10th anniversary event of the Code Geass anime, it was announced that a brand new anime titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection is in production. It was also confirmed that Lelouch will star in the new sequel anime.
The new anime will be a sequel, set years after Zero Requiem (the final events of the anime’s second season). Gorou Taniguchi, the director of the previous anime, have also confirmed that Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection will be a sequel. Details about the format of the new anime have yet to be revealed.
In addition, there will also be 3 compilation films of previous Code Geass anime. The films are set to release in January 2017 and will contain new audio.
The event, Anniversary of a Miracle – Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion), celebrated the anime’s 10th anniversary. The main cast members of the anime attended the event:
Jun Fukuyama (Shinra Kishitani in Durarara!!), who voiced Lelouch Lamperouge
Takahiro Sakurai (Misaki Takahashi from Junjou Romantica), who voices Suzaku Kururugi
Yukana (Cecilia Alcott in IS: Infinite Stratos), who voiced C.C.
Ami Koshimizu (Ryuuko Matoi in Kill la Kill), who voices Kallen Stadtfeld
Ken Narita (Reborn in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!), who voices Jeremiah Gottwald
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) is an anime series created by animation studio Sunrise (Gundam, Love Live! School Idol Project) and manga creators CLAMP (xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura). The series was directed by Gorou Taniguchi (Planetes, Junketsu no Maria) and began in October, 2006, running for a total of 25 episodes. The anime was followed by a second season in 2008. Both seasons of the anime received critical acclaim and widespread popularity. Following the anime’s broadcast, a series of OVAs, manga and Light novels were produced. In 2012 an anime film movie series titled (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) Code Geass: Akito the Exiled was produced, set between the two seasons of the anime. The films were directed by Kazuki Akane (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: The Cipher, Tenku no Escaflowne).
Here is the series synopsis from MAL:
In the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Britannia is establishing itself as a dominant military nation, starting with the conquest of Japan. Renamed to Area 11 after its swift defeat, Japan has seen significant resistance against these tyrants in an attempt to regain independence.
Lelouch Lamperouge, exiled prince of Britannia, unfortunately finds himself caught in a crossfire between the two nations’ armed forces. He is able to escape, however, thanks to the timely appearance of a mysterious girl named C.C., who bestows upon him Geass, the “Power of Kings.” Realizing the vast potential of his newfound “power of absolute obedience,” Lelouch embarks upon a perilous journey as the masked vigilante known as Zero, leading a merciless onslaught against Britannia in order to get revenge once and for all.
The Code Geass 10th anniversary event will be held on November 27 at the Maihama Amphitheater. Further details about the event will be announced at a later date.
From the popular anime series Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu comes this very beautiful figure of our favorite heroine Rem. She is presented waiting for you on the bed with nothing but her underwear. The pillow and sheets are made from real fabric while the bath towel is made from Microfiber.
UK based anime distributor and licensor All the Anime began streaming the first trailer for the English dubbing of Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi no Na wa. (your name.). The video shows off the first footage of the film with English voices, before its UK debut. The English cast consists of: Michael Sinterniklaas (Kenji Koiso in Summer Wars) as Taki Tachibana, Stephanie Sheh (Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon) as Mitsuha Miyamizu, Kyle Hebert (Gohan from Dragon Ball Z) as Katsuhiko Teshigawara, and Cassandra Morris (Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!) as Sayaka Natori.
Kimi no Na wa. will be screening in theatres across the UK and Ireland from November 18 (you can find more details here). The film is scheduled to release in 85 regions around the world.
Since the film’s debut on August 26, a total of 13.5 million tickets have been sold throughout Japan within 77 days, earning over ¥17.97 Billion ($171.65 Million USD). It is also still currently the 4th highest grossing anime film behind Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, Kimi no Na wa. is currently the 7th highest grossing film in japan and the 4th highest grossing domestically made film. It has even surpassed Hollywood blockbusters including 2009’s Avatar, 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and 1993’s Jurassic Park.
Current projections of the film suspect that the movie will finish with ¥20 Billion ($191.05 Million USD) after its entire run. The current top 5 highest grossing anime films in Japan are:
Spirited Away ¥30.8 Billion
Howl’s Moving Castle ¥19.6 Billion
Princess Mononoke ¥19.3 Billion
Kimi no Na wa. ¥17.6 Billion
Ponyo ¥15.5 Billion
North American anime licensor and distributor Funimation have confirmed that the film has been submitted as a possible nominee for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming 89th Academy Awards. Considerations for film nominations closed on November 1st. To be eligible for an Oscar nomination, films must be screened in Los Angeles County within the 2016 Calendar year for at least 7 days.
The cast includes:
Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso from Summer Wars) will voice Taki Tachibana
Mone Kamishiraishi (Kanade Ooe from Chihayafuru Live Action Films) is voicing as Mitsuha Miyamizu
Masami Nagasawa (Umi Matsuzaki in From Up on Poppy Hill) voices Miki
Etsuko Ichihara (Hilda from Taiyou no Ouji: Horus no Daibouken) as Mitsuha’s Grandmother
Ryo Narita (First Major Anime Role) voicing the role of Katsuhiko Teshigawara
Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!) as Tsukasa Fujii
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) is voicing Shinta Takagi
Kanon Tani (Debut Role) stars as Yotsuba Miyamizu
The production staff of the anime movie consists of:
Director and Series Composer: Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words)
Animation Studio: CoMix Wave Inc. (Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken)
Here is the film’s most recent trailer:
And the previous 90 second trailer:
Makoto Shinkai is a well known anime director who got his start in the industry in 1997 directing the short film Other Worlds. His first major breakthrough in the industry was 2002’s Voices of a Distant Star, which won various awards including the Animation Kobe award and the Seiun Award. Since his debut 20 years ago, his films have received acclaim and recognition for the films’ plot, use of mature themes and breathtaking visuals. One of his more recent hits is 2007’s 5 Centimeters Per Second, which won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Shinkai’s most recent feature film is 2013’s The Garden of Words.
Kimi no Na wa. synopsis:
The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn’t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn’t like the customs of her family’s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo.
Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?
Kimi no Na wa. is currently still in theatres across Japan. The film will be out in theatres across Australian and New Zealand on November 24 being distributed by Madman Entertainment. Funimation will also have a limited North American release before the end of the year. The film is set to release in 85 regions around the world.
The official website for the upcoming live-action film of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga began streaming a teaser video for the film on Wednesday. The video previews Ryosuke Yamada in costume as the alchemist Edward Elric, as well as his little brother Al in full CG. The movie will be directed by Fumihiko Sori, who is best known for the 2002 film Ping Pong.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x524yi6
The full cast includes:
Ryosuke Yamada as Edward Elric
Tsubasa Honda as Winry Rockbell
Dean Fujioka as Roy Mustang
Fumiyo Kohinata as General Hakuro
Ryuta Sato as Maes Hughes
Misako Renbutsu as Riza Hawkeye
Natsuna as Maria Ross
Natsuki Harada as Gracia Hughes
Yo Oizumi as Shou Tucker
Jun Kunimura as Doctor Marco
Yasuko Matsuyuki as Lust
Kanata Hongou as Envy
Shinji Uchiyama as Gluttony
Kenjiro Ishimaru as Father Cornello
The website had launched a countdown last Friday. The film will open in Japan in winter 2017.
Fullmetal Alchemist synopsis:
Edward Elric, a young, brilliant alchemist, has lost much in his twelve-year life: when he and his brother Alphonse try to resurrect their dead mother through the forbidden act of human transmutation, Edward loses his brother as well as two of his limbs. With his supreme alchemy skills, Edward binds Alphonse’s soul to a large suit of armor.
A year later, Edward, now promoted to the fullmetal alchemist of the state, embarks on a journey with his younger brother to obtain the Philosopher’s Stone. The fabled mythical object is rumored to be capable of amplifying an alchemist’s abilities by leaps and bounds, thus allowing them to override the fundamental law of alchemy: to gain something, an alchemist must sacrifice something of equal value. Edward hopes to draw into the military’s resources to find the fabled stone and restore his and Alphonse’s bodies to normal. However, the Elric brothers soon discover that there is more to the legendary stone than meets the eye, as they are led to the epicenter of a far darker battle than they could have ever imagined.
Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix’s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine between August 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters into twenty-seven tankōbon volumes. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution. Set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques, the story follows two alchemist brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the philosopher’s stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy.
The manga was published and localized in English by Viz Media in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australasia, and Chuang Yi in Singapore. It has been adapted into two anime television series, two animated films—all animated by Bones studio—and light novels. Funimation dubbed the television series, films and video games. The series has generated original video animations, video games, supplementary books, collectible card game and a variety of action figures and other merchandise. A live action film based on the series is also in development.
The Fullmetal Alchemist manga has sold approximately 64 million volumes worldwide. The English release of the manga’s first volume was the top-selling graphic novel during 2005. In two TV Asahi web polls, the anime was voted the most popular anime of all time in Japan. At the American Anime Awards in February 2007, it was eligible for eight awards, nominated for six, and won five. Reviewers from several media conglomerations had positive comments on the series, particularly for its character development, action scenes, symbolism, and philosophical references.
It has been revealed that Saburouta’s Citrus manga will be receiving an anime adaptation. More details about the anime will be revealed in the future.
Here’s a promotional video for volume 1 – 3 of the manga:
Citrus is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Saburouta. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime from November 17, 2012 and is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime adaptation has been announced
Citrus synopsis from MAL:
Fashionable Yuzu imagined the first day at her new school she transferred to after her mother’s remarriage a bit differently; she didn’t know it’d be an ultra-strict and conservative girls’ school. So instead of a sweet high-school romance, she butts heads with the stern student council president Mei—who turns out to be her new step sister. And she has to learn that hate and attraction are often not that far apart.
The magic user Caster from the hit PSP game Fate/Extra CCC has received a new 1/8 scale figure from Broccoli. She is dressed in a black frilly dress that emphasizes her fascinating assets, while she wears a cute top hat and sexy black stockings. The figure has faithfully captured her look from the game.
It has been revealed that a few lucky fans have received a fancy invitation for the upcoming Code Geass10th anniversary project, and that there is a hidden message hinting that a new project may be revealed at the November 27 event.
After a few hidden characters and some Japanese word play, the secret message says “Rebirth of the Demon”. Incidentally, the first episode of the 2006 Code Geass anime is titled The Day a New Demon was Born. Likewise, the first episode of the second season is titled The Day a Demon Awakens. Both of which alludes the demon to lead character Lelouch Lamperouge.
The event is titled Anniversary of a Miracle – Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) and will be held at the Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba. The event will begin on November 27th at 2:00pm JST. Only a limited amount of tickets are avaliable with general admissions going for ¥7,800 ($75.10 USD) and special tickets costing ¥8,500 ($81.90 USD).
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) is an anime series created by animation studio Sunrise (Gundam, Love Live! School Idol Project) and manga creators CLAMP (xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura). The series was directed by Gorou Taniguchi (Planetes, Junketsu no Maria) and began in October, 2006, running for a total of 25 episodes. The anime was followed by a second season in 2008. Both seasons of the anime received critical acclaim and widespread popularity. Following the anime’s broadcast, a series of OVAs, manga and Light novels were produced. In 2012 an anime film movie series titled (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) Code Geass: Akito the Exiled was produced, set between the two seasons of the anime. The films were directed by Kazuki Akane (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: The Cipher, Tenku no Escaflowne).
The following cast members have been confirmed to be attending the event:
Jun Fukuyama (Shinra Kishitani in Durarara!!), who voiced Lelouch Lamperouge
Takahiro Sakurai (Misaki Takahashi from Junjou Romantica), who voices Suzaku Kururugi
Yukana (Cecilia Alcott in IS: Infinite Stratos), who voiced C.C.
Ami Koshimizu (Ryuuko Matoi in Kill la Kill), who voices Kallen Stadtfeld
Ken Narita (Reborn in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!), who voices Jeremiah Gottwald
The band Ali Project, who performed the first Ending theme Yukyo Seishunka, will also be at the event alongside Hitomi Kuroishi (Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun, Shangri-La), who composed the music for both anime seasons. Director Goro Taniguchi (Active Raid, Planetes) and series composer Ichiro Okouchi (Guilty Crown, Kakumeiki Valvrave) will also be attending the event.
The event will also have many merchandise products just for the 10th anniversary, one of which is Kotobukiya’s ARTFX J Lelouch CODE BLACK 1st Live Encore! PVC 1/8 figure. Standing at 25cm tall, the figure will release in February next year and will cost ¥12,000 ($115.60 USD). Pre-orders will be avaliable on the day of the event and via Kotobukiya’s website.
Here is the series synopsis from MAL:
In the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Britannia is establishing itself as a dominant military nation, starting with the conquest of Japan. Renamed to Area 11 after its swift defeat, Japan has seen significant resistance against these tyrants in an attempt to regain independence.
Lelouch Lamperouge, exiled prince of Britannia, unfortunately finds himself caught in a crossfire between the two nations’ armed forces. He is able to escape, however, thanks to the timely appearance of a mysterious girl named C.C., who bestows upon him Geass, the “Power of Kings.” Realizing the vast potential of his newfound “power of absolute obedience,” Lelouch embarks upon a perilous journey as the masked vigilante known as Zero, leading a merciless onslaught against Britannia in order to get revenge once and for all.
The Code Geass 10th anniversary event will be held on November 27 at the Maihama Amphitheater. Further details about the event will be announced at a later date.
It has been revealed that Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi no Na wa. (your name.) anime film has earned over ¥17.97 Billion (~ US$171.65 Million) making it the 7th highest grossing film in Japan of all time. In addition, the film has been submitted for a nomination for the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars).
Since the film’s debut on August 26, a total of 13.5 million tickets have been sold throughout Japan within 77 days. It is also still currently the 4th highest grossing anime film behind Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, Kimi no Na wa. is currently the 7th highest grossing film in japan and the 4th highest grossing domestically made film. It has even surpassed Hollywood blockbusters including 2009’s Avatar, 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and 1993’s Jurassic Park.
Current projections of the film suspect that the movie will finish with ¥20 Billion (~ US$191.05 Million) after its entire run. The current top 5 highest grossing anime films in Japan are:
Spirited Away ¥30.8 Billion
Howl’s Moving Castle ¥19.6 Billion
Princess Mononoke ¥19.3 Billion
Kimi no Na wa. ¥17.6 Billion
Ponyo ¥15.5 Billion
North American anime licensor and distributor Funimation have confirmed that the film has been submitted as a possible nominee for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming 89th Academy Awards. Considerations for film nominations closed on November 1st. To be eligible for an Oscar nomination, films must be screened in Los Angeles County within the 2016 Calendar year for at least 7 days.
Kimi no Na wa. will have its Academy Awards qualifying run from December 2-8 at Los Angeles’ Laemmle Music Hall.
The film is also set to release in 85 regions around the world.
Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso from Summer Wars) will voice Taki Tachibana
Mone Kamishiraishi (Kanade Ooe from Chihayafuru Live Action Films) is voicing as Mitsuha Miyamizu
Masami Nagasawa (Umi Matsuzaki in From Up on Poppy Hill) voices Miki
Etsuko Ichihara (Hilda from Taiyou no Ouji: Horus no Daibouken) as Mitsuha’s Grandmother
Ryo Narita (First Major Anime Role) voicing the role of Katsuhiko Teshigawara
Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!) as Tsukasa Fujii
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) is voicing Shinta Takagi
Kanon Tani (Debut Role) stars as Yotsuba Miyamizu
The production staff of the anime movie consists of:
Director and Series Composer: Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words)
Animation Studio: CoMix Wave Inc. (Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken)
Here is the film’s most recent trailer:
And the previous 90 second trailer:
Makoto Shinkai is a well known anime director who got his start in the industry in 1997 directing the short film Other Worlds. His first major breakthrough in the industry was 2002’s Voices of a Distant Star, which won various awards including the Animation Kobe award and the Seiun Award. Since his debut 20 years ago, his films have received acclaim and recognition for the films’ plot, use of mature themes and breathtaking visuals. One of his more recent hits is 2007’s 5 Centimeters Per Second, which won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Shinkai’s most recent feature film is 2013’s The Garden of Words.
Kimi no Na wa. synopsis:
The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn’t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn’t like the customs of her family’s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo.
Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?
Kimi no Na wa. is currently still in theatres across Japan. The film will be out in theatres across Australian and New Zealand on November 24 being distributed by Madman Entertainment. Funimation will also have a limited North American release before the end of the year. The film is set to release in 85 regions around the world.
It has been revealed that the 11th and latest volume of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga will include new OVA /OAD is in production and is set to release next april.
The second OVA will come bundled with a special edition of the manga’s 12 volume, which will release in April 2017. The OVA will animate chapter 26 of the manga, which will focus on Rachnera Arachnera. In addition, the bundle will also contain a special visual featuring the main girls in their undergarments.
The first OVA was bundled with the manga’s newest volume. It animates the chapter 17 from the 4th volume and will focus on a gym pool episode involving Miia, Cerea, Mero, Polt, and Kurusu.
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) or just Monster Musume, is a romantic, ecchi harem manga written and illustrated by Okayado (Takemaru Inui). The series began in March 2012 in Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Comic Ryu magazine where a total of 10 volumes have been compiled and published to date, with over 1,000,000 copies sold. The series has been very popular where the release of new volumes debut in the top 3. The Monster Musume anime was announced in the manga’s 7th volume.
Monsters—they’re real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the “Cultural Exchange Between Species Act,” these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they’re trying.
When a hapless human named Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a “volunteer” into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu’s job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kurusu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what’s a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!
A 2nd Monster Musume pool OVA has been announced and will be bundled with the manga’s 12th volume, set to release in April 2017. The first OVA is being bundled with the 11th volume of the manga releasing on November 12th.
Asuna and Shino from Sword Art Online have been featured as a poster in Megami‘s December 2016 issue. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and view the other posters that come included here.
In addition, another visual was revealed in the November issue of Newtype magazine for the upcoming Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film, featuring the main heroines of the movie and series. You can purchase this issue of Newtype magazine here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition, it was recently announced at the recent Dengeki Bunko Aki no Saiten 2016 event, that the upcoming Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film will release in Japan on February 18, 2017. In addition, a brand new visual and trailer was also revealed. The film will release on Saturday, February 18th in Japan in over 150 theatres in Spring 2017. In addition, the International website of the movie has also echoed that the film is set for a Spring 2017 release in North America, and is projected to run in approximately 1000 theatres around the world.
The second full trailer for the film has been revealed online with English subtitles. The video introduces the new game and AR technology and the new characters that will debut in the film:
The first full theatrical trailer.
The new characters that will debut in the film have been revealed, but their respective cast members have yet to be announced. They include:
Yuna
Dr. Shigemura
Eiji
The main cast of the previous two anime seasons will return in the upcoming movie with new original character designs:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sora in No GameNo Life) will be back to voice Kirito
Haruka Tomatsu (Haruka Takayama inSakura Trick) returns as Asuna
Kanae Itou (Ruiko Saten from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) voicing as Yui
Ayahi Takagaki (Mikako Satsukitane in Sora no Otoshimono) will voice Lisbeth
Miyuki Sawashiro (Celty Sturluson fromDurarara!!) is back as Sinon
Ayana Taketatsu (Kirino Kousaka from Oreimo) voicing Leafa
Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji from One Piece) will return to voice Klein
Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) as Agil
Koichi Yamadera (Togusa in Ghost in the Shell) will reprise his role as Akihiko Kayaba
The film will feature the new VMMO Ordinal Scale that utilises the new Augma Augmented Reality device. Players rank up in the game by defeating monsters and using special items.It will have an original story, not adapting of Kawahara’s any previous work; set after the Mother’s Rosario arc, which was the third and final arc to be animated in Sword Art Online II. The arc itself was featured in the light novel’s 7th volume.
The Director of first two seasons, Tomohiko Ito (Silver Spoon, Seikimatsu Occult Gakui), will return to direct the film alongside Anime Character Designer Shingo Adachi (Working!!, Galilei Donna). Yuki Kajiura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica,Fate/Zero) will also return to compose the music and A-1 Pictures (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, AnoHana) will be back to animate the film. Reki Kawahara will be writing the movie’s original story.
Previous visual:
Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the near-future and focuses on various virtual reality MMORPG worlds. The light novels began publication on ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 10, 2009, with a spin-off series launching in October 2012. The series has spawned eight manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Kadokawa. The novels and four of the manga adaptations have been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press.
An anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan between July and December 2012. An Extra Edition episode aired on December 31, 2013, and a second anime series, titled Sword Art Online II, aired between July and December 2014. A video game based on the series, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, was released on PlayStation Portable in March 2013, with a second game, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment for PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) released in April 2014. A third game, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, was released on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in March 2015.
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players can control their avatars through brain waves using technology called “NerveGear.” When players enter the game, they discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive. To escape, players must beat the game by defeating each boss on all 100 floors; however, if they die in the game, they die in real life too. Their struggle for survival starts now…
So-bin, the illustrator of the Overlord light novel series has revealed a new drawing of Overwatch‘s upcoming notorious hacker hero, Sombra. She was the subject of a long alternate reality game and was officially introduced at BlizzCon 2016.
Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso (Sound! Euphonium) is a music novel series written by Ayano Takeda and illustrated by Nikki Asada. The series began in December 2013 being published by Takarajimasha. To date a total of 4 volumes have been published. A manga adaptation of the series was launched in November last year, by Ayano Takeda and Hami that is being published in Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web magazine. An anime adaptation of the series was produced for the Spring 2015 anime season by Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Amagi Brilliant Park) with Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) directing. A 13-episode anime adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, aired in Japan between April and July 2015. An animated film premiered in theaters in April 2016, while a second season of the anime premiered on October 6, 2016.
Hibike! Euphonium begins when Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school’s brass band club as a first year. Kumiko’s classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school.
Today we’ll be taking a look at Megami’s December 2016 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the fall 2016 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 18 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.
This issue can be purchased here, more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post. View our posts of older issues here.
Anitore! XX
Bubuki Buranki
Flip Flappers
Girlish Number
Girls und Panzer
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Hibike! Euphonium
Kiniro Mosaic
Long Riders!
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Magic of Stella
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
Okusama ga Seitokaichou!
Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume
Soushin Shoujo Matoi
Strike the Blood
ViVid Strike!
Sword Art Online
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.
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